Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, June 4: Natrang Jammu felicitated the MLA Reasi Ajay Nanda at the conclusion of the show series of Bawa Jitto at the main stage of Aghar Jitto Festival-2015.
The honours were done by Natrang Director Padamshree Balwant Thakur who was joined by President Reasi Theatre Organisation, Sunit Kumar, prominent Dogri writer Raj Rahi and Shashi Sharma a noted social worker and cultural activist of Reasi.
This function which was attended by over five thousand audiences was aimed at promoting Reasi as an ultimate cultural destination. Earlier Balwant Thakur who himself is a native of Reasi District dwelt in details about the cultural and historical importance of the place. Apart from bring the oldest towns of the State of Jammu & Kashmir having living historical structures with most sought-after pilgrims destinations, the place offers the rarest feast of traditional and ritualistic performances. The vibrant ‘Kud’, the soulful ‘Bhakhan’, mystic ‘Masade’, treasures of folk narratives ‘Karkan’ and thrilling ‘Gagel’ in addition to ‘Shinhan’, ‘Goria’, ‘Geetru’, ‘Shand’ ‘Dafle’ and ‘Jater’ is found in the foothills and the surroundings of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi. Most of priceless traditions have been vanished and few left are at the verge of extinction in the absence of any encouragement, support and patronage, he added.
President Reasi Theatre organisation Sunit Kumar highlighted the need to start a movement of public awakening about the damage they have done in diminishing their own cultural belongings. He appealed the MLA Reasi to lead this movement in the larger interest of the intellectual development of the people of the area. Societies are shaped and enlightened through intellectual and cultural developments and not through the material gains and growth. You focus on shaping the minds, people as catalysts will take care of themselves and their wellbeing. Sunit Kumar demanded the younger generations particularly the school children to be made a part of such movements and initiatives. He appreciated the idea of holding Reasi Festival by the district administration and hoped that this festival becomes a reality and is organised on totally professional lines and later a tradition.
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